From the Vicar

We
are pleased to make this web site available to all
who are interested in the activities of this Church and the Episcopal
Church in general. Our primary aim as a Mission Church is to build a
strong, vital Christian community of people who relate to one another
by their common effort to follow Christ as their Lord. The Episcopal
tradition has always had a great ability to combine a broad emphasis of
religious worship, fellowship, mission and pastoral care.

People find themselves associated with a
Christian
congregation for a variety of reasons. For people who are new in the
community, the church might be a way to begin involvement and new
associations; for another person it may have been something that
happened as people showed support at the time of a death; for another
it is the experience of weekly worship; for someone else it is an
interest in social mission; for yet another it is an urgent need to
show children the importance of faith and Christian teaching. The
expressions of Christian community are as varied as the lives and needs
of those who comprise the congregation.

Questions
of meaning, of value, of compassion, and of
faith are fundamental questions that confront everyone at some level of
existence. It is the response to these concerns that is the primary
business of the Christian Church at every level.

The Mission of Faith

Faith Episcopal Church is a Mission Church of the Episcopal Diocese of
New Hampshire that provides a place of worship for the Town of Merrimack and the
Greater Nashua area. Faith Episcopal Church was incorporated
as a
mission of
the Diocese of New Hampshire in 1977 and is organized according to the
doctrine, discipline and worship of the Episcopal Church, under the
jurisdiction of the Bishop of New Hampshire. Any person of the age of
15 years, having signified a desire to join the congregation, having
participated in public worship, and having made a material offering for
the sustenance of the Church, is entitled to vote at corporate
meetings.

The congregation uses Wheeler Chapel, which was given in
trust to the town of Merrimack in 1889, and which is cared for by the
Trustees of Wheeler Chapel. General oversight of the various dimensions
of the Church's life is provided by the Bishop's Committee (Vestry),
with specialized standing commissions and other committees overseeing
their own areas.

We are committed to providing the surrounding community, as well as visitors, a
place to come and worship God, receive Communion, experience fellowship in
prayer and music and provide many of the services
commonly associated with a place of worship.

In addition to those services, we also sponsor a child from South America,
support a local food pantry and provide other services on a scale with a church
family of our comparatively small size.

The Wheeler Chapel Trust makes
the building available to multiple support groups and other organizations and
events of value to the community.

Faith Church is always interested in expanding the scope of services we can provide to
our congregation, the Episcopal Church and the community at large. If you are interested in supporting our
efforts in any way, please contact Vicar
Patricia Henking via e-mail or call 603-424-6806 or 603-424-3507.